Support for vehicles



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C. J. HQYASSE I SUPPORT FOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 30, 1922 I Y Inventor .Ckarles'dfiovast 'e/ p annm mge; I, p

oneRiel-s HovA'ssE; OF cHE sfEAMnssAcHUs T s, 'nssIeNoR nsivri in IBoN'WoRKs, 0F cnELsE AssAcHUsETTs, EAQCORZEOBATJLONIQ 10F MASSACI-IU;

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screen? ch vEH'Ic esQ fApplication filed December 30,- 1922; s m "N35..e1o",pse.

i V This invention pertains to"' supports and relates morespecifically-to. tolding tripods forru se in holding a vehicle, as torj'example an automob le, 1n elevated position when not so as to I'QllGVGjthGWllGBlS of its 5 in service,

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any'lengthlot time it is customary to jack them up and to pileblock's beneath the axles- 1( to support the weight of 'thevehicleland relieve the pneumatic tires of; unnecessary strain. As proper blocks are not always readily available, the blocking up; of the vehicle is often neglected "ancheven when 15, blocks are actuallyicemployed they are trequently so carelessly 'placedlas to torni an insecui e or uneven support tor the wveight eingn it's frame and'actu'allyicausing more 7 20 damage than Werethey dispensed with a The. principal;ob-ject of the'present inven-f ticn'is to provi'de a rigidsupporttor. use in f i holdinga'vehicle inyelevat'ed posi'tion vithoutsubstantial dangerot; falling orot straining f 2 V or i'acking'fits trance and hich Wheninota sin usefinaybe toldedintosniall compass for;

- astorage V --.'-Further objects are to, provide a-lsupportf'having the above echaracteristicsWhich may be, manufactured chea'ply] tromistandard:

material, which is .strong'enou'gh toisupport any Weight '.;which':may; be imposed thereon byusua-l ty-pesof vehicle and which is du rabl'e conipact, simple in construction and light in Weight. 9

' :1 In the accompanying drawingsfa prei ferred embodiment of the Invention 1sy1l1ustrate'd by wayofexam'ple; and infsuch drawa Fig. a diagrammatic front ielevat io n Offagmotolf vehiclev shownpassupported 1n elevated positionby the'usef of supports m;

'bodying the present 1 invention a a I F'g; 2's a plan view of such a suppoit;

45 Fig.3;i's a front elevation of the support f Fig.2; r Fig; dis a vertical cross section; on the 1 Figff) is a perspective'viejvv .to larger -scale. illustrating a connector device emably formed "tio'In angl'e' iron fand COIi'lPlfi Sie the fianges 4,1551 7 8,'9- respectively.

Ordinarily the two flanges oteach leg-will 1 be ot 'equal Width andi-arra'nged at right angles to each" othei-z' A connectordevice i fi' orholding theisevera-llegs'lnfopeifatlve' e .WVhGIhaLltOHlUbllGS are put 1n storage for lation is indicated at '10.: This connector of T iron, whosefcross-member comprises the flanges 'I1,"12 lying in the sa nevsubstantially vertical plane and which has the-inter.

secting memberor flange 13,-the three flanges intersecting along; a substantially vertical I I line.- 'vThe'..fl lges-l1, 12am provided with openings 14, 15" respectively While the flange *13, is provided with an opening 16. c 1 Rivets ;17, 18 passthrough'the openings 14,- 15 rel of the vehicle, resulting in'rackingjor'straim t spectively, and serve 'as pivotstor the legs Arivet=:19 serves 'pivot'ally to connect the the opening 16' in the latter.

vvThe' upp-erfedgesofthc jflanges 1 2 constituting the cross piece of the connector 1, 2,'th'e rivets 'aassing throi'igh openings-cin fl .the' flanges '5 and-*7: of the respective legs; Y

fl ge-e of the le s :vvith the flange '13, i i the connector; suchrivet passing through are inclined inwardlyas-iridicated at 20; 21'

iresp'ectivelflthus providing a {notch which serves as the supporting andposi'tioning ele' inent for the a xle of the vehicle 7 when stantially' straight and parallel; I 7

tially. equal length,; but is preferred to jmake the Ie'gf'B somewhat jlshorter than the i V other legsz-sojthat when the device is placed g upon 'they'floor or' other-supporte s, indicated f at E, Fig. 4, theplane ofthe-legs 1, 2 inclines i 'backvvardly to solm e extent'solthatjthe axle mounted upon the' support; fPi eterably the upperedgei22 ofthe fiange 131 iscut-ofi in V 'a plane slightly below' the bottom. of the -v notchin the crossf p'ie'ce soas noun inte 7- l 1/ ere withthezaxle ofthe vehicle; The outer edge of the flange 13 is inclined dotvnvvardly p =23g vvhilethelouter edges 24,25 j ofv the" flanges 311, 12"'i esp 'ectively are sub} loo 1 a supporting element o-ttl1e co'nnector lies V of the figure {defined by the lower ends'ot "the; several legs, 3 With this "arrangement? R 4 the weight fthe-vehicle is supported ina 193T stable 'rnz'aiiiner so-that' a" very-{considerable vertically above a po'int Within the periphery,

m' o l hbe necessary to tip the te -wP m t the vehicle to 1 n 7 drops Preferably the lower ends of the legs are bevelled. fo1f as.;indi,cated at 31 for ,eX-

ample in order that: such Lends may niake firm contact With the floor. v 5; lVhen the device is in use the several flanges ofthe co'nneotor lie in substantially vertical planes and the upper portions of the "flanges l, 6 respectively of the legs 1 and 2 engage the outer edges 24-, 25 of the connector device and limit outward swinging of these legs. In the same Way the flange 8 ofthe leg 3 engages. the inclinedouter edge 23 of the flange. 13 of the connector vso that outward movement of the; leg '3' is likewise I aqlongcontact hearingis furnished so that theleg 3, which may be considered as a brace, is very firmly retained in position. ,lfr'it Were'deeme'd desirable,- it is" evident ithat theouter edges 'of the flanges 11, 12 might likewise be bevelled so as'to provide a longer cont-act surface for *Eengagement gvith the flanges 4, Got the legs 1 and 2.

; When it is desiredto support a vehicle A,

25' as shown in Fig.1, ineleva-ted position four ,of the tripod supports herein disclosed are PIOVlClGCl' and afterthe, vehicle has been jack- ,ed up, 1 tWo of such supports are arranged ,beneatheach axle, such astheazde 30, and

- iveight j is carried by the several 1 supports. -The v notches assist inproperly positioning the supportsrelativelyto the axles, and also to prevent slipping of the axles irom the support, While as above noted the rearward inclination-oftheplane of the legs 1, 2 when in use adds greatly to the stability of the vehicle When supported thereon. -lfVhen the device is not in use it is manifest that the legs ",space. :The. device, is relatively light in Weight: while exceedingly strong, and as all limited. 1 By providing the inclined edge 23,

the 7 vehicle is lowered slightly until its 'maybe folded into parallelism i 'vvith each; other, thus occupying comparatively small ange o'i Iejach leg' engaging the edge of the corresponding flangeiot theconnector for limiting outward swinging movementof the: respective leg.

2. A tripod support for vehicles having three legs and aconnector, said connector consisting of a length of T ironfdisposed With its cross member in' a substantially verticalplane, said cross member having a depression in'its upper edge, and means for -SGCllriI1grtW0 of the; legs to the aligned flanges constituting-the cross member, and the third leg to the intersecting member of 'the T iron, respectively; f

3. =A tripod support for vehicles coinpris- I ing connector having two flanges lying in the same vertical plane and a third vertically disposed flange arranged at right angles to saidplane, said latter flange havingadownivardly inclined edge, and a leg seeuredto .each iiange of the'connector, each legheing provided with a flange engageable' With the edge of the correspondingfiange ofthe conneotor for hmiting-inovement of the respective leg.

4. A tripod support ,for vehicles compris1 ,7

ing a :connector andthree legs, said connector consisting of a' length of T iron dis posed With all of its flanges in substantially vertical planes, andineans torkpivotally securing one of the legs'to each: 01" said flanges,

one of said-flanges havingan inclined edge portion for engagement With an element of rthecorresponding leg to determine the norjrn'al operative position of the latter.

tripod support for vehicle s'comprisingthree legs formed from -angle.,iron; and ,al connectordeviceforined fromf'l' iron,

said connector device having all its flanges.

disposed in substantially vertical planes,

the outer'edges of the .cross member of said connector:heingtsuhstantially straight and I a parallel and the outer edge of the ntersect ing member of theconnector being down- 'Wardly inclined, and means for pivotally connecting a flange-"ofv t'Wo oi"; the'legsrespectively to the cross member, of the connector and' a flange of, the other legto the intersecting iarneniher thereof, the other flan es of the res oectivele s bearin 'a a-inst O b C 10! r I) the corresponding outer edges of the conmotor to limit movement of the legs. I V

V Signedby me at Boston, Mass.-,this 29th day of Decemher 1922. L v:-

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